Schools need to look into placing a paid assistant on buses to be an extra pair of eyes and hands for the driver.
We have those in our county. Both driver and assitant are uniformed and all business. That being said, we choose to drive our son to school. Our son was transferred to a different school from our “home” school and still only 10 minutes away (as opposed to .8 miles). The bus ride would be with middle school kids, which we didn’t like. My hubby drops him off in the morning, I pick him up at dismissal.
Prayers for the kids on this bus and their families.